Auditions – One Act Season Matriarchs, Mischief and Mayhem
Season in February 2025
Auditions for Stirling Players’ one-act season in February next year will be held at Stirling Theatre, Morris Place, Innaloo, on Saturday, November 9 from 9.30 until 12 noon. There will be plenty of time for potential cast members to read for each play.
The Dowager’s Dilemma by Bob Charteris
Martha, a dowager duchess (well into her 70s), has been a widow for a year. She would like to remarry, but she is not sure who the lucky man will be. She enlists the services of the family solicitor, Hendry Balderstone, to help in her quest, giving him a list of potential candidates for her bedchamber. Meanwhile she is having to cope with an ill-mannered butler, as well as an obnoxious new duchess (possibly American or Australian) who seems intent to cause as much pain to the dowager as possible.
Characters (All ages are stage ages)
- Martha, the Dowager Duchess, frustrated (very!), 70+
- Gruntly, a butler, rude (very!) 70+
- Hendry Balderstone, a solicitor, boring (very!) 70+
- Harriet, the new Duchess, 30s or so, not nice (so very not nice!) Can have American or Australian accent, or even English!
More information from Bob Charteris on 0450 036 582 on contact him at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Pastiche
By Nick Hall
Medford, who is deputising for Sir Peter Tanford’s butler, who is ill, is putting the finishing touches to a supper table, where Sir Peter is planning to entertain a young chorus girl, when Sir Peter’s wife Lady Alexander arrives unexpectedly, prepared to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. With Medford’s connivance, Lady Alexander hides under the table as her husband and his guest arrive. This is only the start of fantastic plotting in which the two of them, in a variety of disguises, seek to foil Sir Peter’s plans for a quietly amorous evening.
Medford – a harassed young butler
Lady Alexandra – beautiful, animated, about 45
Sir Peter – handsome, attractive, about 50
Viola Vionysse – a pretty young chorus girl
Ages of the characters are adaptable, depending on auditionees.
For further details contact director Janet Brandwood on 0417 181 526 or by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Before I Do
Written by Yvette Wall
Directed by Megan Lilley
Plans for the perfect wedding come to a halt when bride-to-be Clare brings home a strange (and handsome) man from her wild night out (Dingo). After announcing her plans to cancel her marriage to Bradley, mother Sonia tries to set the wedding back on track, with unhelpful input from her husband, Peter and Clare’s cousin and bridesmaid, Ronelle. This one-act is an hilarious farce filled with family drama, costume mishaps and lots of silliness.
Please send an email to Megan Lilley This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line ‘Before I Do Auditions’ for more information about the play, and to book an audition slot.
Characters
Please note that all ages are stage ages.
PETER: M - 50s–60s Sonia’s husband, Clare’s father. Eccentric and oblivious
SONIA: F - 50s-60s Peter’s wife, Clare’s mother. Superficial, traditional and easily flustered.
CLARE: F - 20s-30s Daughter of Sonia and Peter, Ronelle’s cousin, Bradley’s fiancé. Self-Assured.
RONELLE: 20s-30s Requires intimacy with DINGO and MAY include partial nudity. Contact director for details. Clare’s cousin. Highly strung, supportive.
DINGO: M - 20s-30s Requires intimacy with RONELLE and requires partial nudity (shirtless). Contact director for details. Bohemian type, flirtatious, charismatic.
BRADLEY: M - 20s-30s Clare’s fiancé. Nerdy, conservative type. PHD (Maths)